[Development] BC/SC in patch releases

[Marc Mutz]

Hi Thiago,

On 23.08.23 04:48, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:27:09 PDT Marc Mutz via Development wrote:
>> I think we should decide what we mean by forward BC and SC and describe
>> it in https://wiki.qt.io/Qt-Version-Compatibility more precisely.
> 
> I thought the rule was "no new symbols, period" with the exception for
> QOperatingSystemVersion for operating systems that have been released since
> that Qt release was made.

Indeed. This is how I remember it, too (though the exception is new to 
me), but that is clearly not what the project is producing atm, 
therefore I decided to raise this here.

Thanks,
Marc

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